intj
Meaning 1
congratulations
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Congo
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋɡəʊ/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkɔŋɡəw/
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/ˈkɑŋɡoʊ/ without the cot–caught merger
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/ˈkɔŋɡoʊ/ without the cot–caught merger
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈkɑŋɡoʊ/
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Australia: /ˈkɔŋɡəʉ/
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New-Zealand: /ˈkɒŋɡɐʉ/
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Scotland: /ˈkɔŋɡo/
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Wales: /ˈkɒŋɡoː/ without the toe–tow merger
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rhymes with -ɒŋɡəʊ
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homophone: Kongo
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 NG G OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo; official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital: Kinshasa).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, Zaire
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; official name: Republic of the Congo; capital: Brazzaville).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Congo-Brazzaville, Congo Republic
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
A region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 5
A major river in Central Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at times forming the border with the Republic of the Congo and Angola.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 6
A locality in the Eurobodalla council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Congregationalist
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
black tea grown in China
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: congou, congou tea, English breakfast tea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: black tea
noun
Meaning 10
a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Republic of the Congo, French Congo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: African country, African nation
noun
Meaning 11
a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Belgian Congo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: African country, African nation
noun
Meaning 12
a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Congo River, Zaire River
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: river
History
Etymology
After Kongo, from Kongo nkongo (“hunter”). Compare Kongo dikongo (“spear”), Zulu umkhonto, Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kóndó.
Clipping of Congregationalist + -o.
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اَلْكُونْغُو (al-kūnḡū) — Congo, ambiguously
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ (kōngō) — Congo, ambiguously
- Armenian: Կոնգո (Kongo) — Congo, ambiguously
- Burmese: ကွန်ဂို (kwan-gui) — Congo, ambiguously
- Chinese Mandarin: 剛果 /刚果 (Gāngguǒ) — Congo, ambiguously
- Corsican: Congu — Congo, ambiguously
- Czech: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- Dutch: Congo — Congo, ambiguously
- Finnish: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- French: Congo — Congo, ambiguously
- Georgian: კონგო (ḳongo) — Congo, ambiguously
- German: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- Greek: Κονγκό (Kongkó) — Congo, ambiguously
- Hausa: Kwango — Congo, ambiguously
- Hausa: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- Hebrew: קונגו (kongo) — Congo, ambiguously
- Hindi: कांगो (kāṅgo) — Congo, ambiguously
- Hungarian: Kongó — Congo, ambiguously
- Interlingua: Congo — Congo, ambiguously
- Irish: An Congó — Congo, ambiguously
- Italian: Congo — Congo, ambiguously
- Japanese: コンゴ (Kongo) — Congo, ambiguously
- Kalenjin: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- Kamba: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- Khmer: កុងហ្គោ (konggoo) — Congo, ambiguously
- Kikuyu: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- Korean: 콩고 (Konggo) — Congo, ambiguously
- Korean: 꽁고 (Kkonggo) — Congo, ambiguously
- Lao: ຄອງໂກ (khǭng kō) — Congo, ambiguously
- Lithuanian: Kongas — Congo, ambiguously
- Luhya: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- Luo: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- Māori: Kōngo — Congo, ambiguously
- Meru: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- Norman: Congo — Congo, ambiguously
- Persian: کنگو (kongo) — Congo, ambiguously
- Polish: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- Portuguese: Congo — Congo, ambiguously
- Romanian: Congo — Congo, ambiguously
- Russian: Ко́нго (Kóngo) — Congo, ambiguously
- Serbo-Croatian: Ко̏нго — Congo, ambiguously
- Serbo-Croatian: Kȍngo — Congo, ambiguously
- Sicilian: Concu — Congo, ambiguously
- Spanish: Congo — Congo, ambiguously
- Tagalog: Konggo — Congo, ambiguously
- Thai: คองโก (kɔng-goo) — Congo, ambiguously
- Turkish: Kongo — Congo, ambiguously
- Vietnamese: Công-gô — Congo, ambiguously
- Yoruba: Kóngò — Congo, ambiguously
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ (kōngō) — river
- Armenian: Կոնգո (Kongo) — river
- Chinese Mandarin: 剛果河 /刚果河 (Gāngguǒ hé) — river
- Czech: Kongo — river
- Danish: Congofloden — river
- Danish: Zaïrefloden — river
- Dutch: Kongo — river
- Dutch: Congo — river
- Esperanto: Kongo — river
- Estonian: Kongo — river
- Faroese: Kongo — river
- Faroese: Kongoá — river
- Finnish: Kongo — river
- Finnish: Kongojoki — river
- French: Congo — river
- German: Kongo — river
- Greek: Κονγκό (Kongkó) — river
- Hebrew: קונגו (qongo) — river
- Hungarian: Kongó — river
- Interlingua: Congo — river
- Irish: An Congó — river
- Italian: Congo — river
- Japanese: コンゴ (Kongo) — river
- Kongo: Nzâdi Kôngo — river
- Korean: 콩고 (Konggo) — river
- Lingala: ebale Kongó — river
- Lingala: ebale Kɔ́ngɔ — river
- Macedonian: Конго (Kongo) — river
- Norman: Congo — river
- Persian: کنگو (kongo) — river
- Polish: Kongo — river
- Portuguese: Congo — river
- Romanian: Congo — river
- Russian: Ко́нго (Kóngo) — river
- Serbo-Croatian: Ко̏нго — river
- Serbo-Croatian: Kȍngo — river
- Spanish: Congo — river
- Swahili: mto wa Kongo — river
- Swahili: Kongo — river
- Swedish: Kongo — river
- Turkish: Kongo — river
- Vietnamese: sông Công-gô — river
Real reading context